Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature:: The Construction of Eighteenth-Century Botanical Illustrations

by Karin Nickelsen and Kärin Nickelsen

Book Overview

This book is based on a doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Bern in thesummerof2002. Researchonthethesiswasmadepossiblethroughagrant provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) from 2000 to 2002 foraprojectonthehistoryandepistemologyofscienti?cillustrations(Project No. 1152-059499). Gerd Gra ho? headed this programme at the University of Bern and made my reworking of the thesis into a book in English possible. He also provided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048171997
• ISBN13: 9789048171996
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"